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Private WILLIAM HENRY JOSEPH MERRITT

Service Number: 6106651
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

2/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

III. B. 32.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Joseph and Clara Grace Merritt, of Walthamstow, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription OUR DEAR SON HE WILL LIVE ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS. MUM AND DAD
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Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1855
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